Improvement in farm-gate



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JAMES BAGHMAN, 0F SUFFIELD TOWNSHIP, OHIO.

Lehm Patent No. 91,816, dazed .new 29,A 1ste.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATE.

The Schedule referred to n these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom tt may concern Be itknown that I, JAMES BAUGHMAN, of Sueldtownship, in the county of Port-age, and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Farin-Gates; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and complete description of thesame, reference being had to the accompanying draw-- ings, making partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the gate.

Figure 2, a view of 'the top.

Like letters of reference referto like parts in the different views.

This invention relates to a gate, the construction of which is such thatit is opened by being lifted upward, and at the same time backward, bymeans of a pair of parallel vibrating standards, to which the gate isatt-ached and supported on being opened and closed.

A, iig. Il, represents the gate, which is or may be constructed in t-heordinary way.

B and G are two pairs of vibrating standards, one member of each pairbeing arranged on each side of `the gate, and the two pairs parallel ltoeach other, as shown in 'the drawing, in which it will be seen that thelower ends of the standards are pivoted near to the ground, whereas theupper ends are pivoted to the gate B, at the. upper corner, and 0at orabout the 'middle 1) is a counterbalance, pivoted at the point a to thepost E.

The upper end of said balance is attached to the gate by the link F, thepurpose of which will preseutly be'show'n. v

The practical operation of this gate is as follows:

' The gate is represented as being closed. Hence, in order to open it,itis pulled back in direction of the arrow, at the same time it islifted'upward by the standards, as indicated by the red lines b.

Tofassist in this upward and backward movement of the gate, is thepurpose of the eouuterbalance D, which, being about equal in Weight tothe gate, it is pulled back thereby, when assisted by a little personalebrt.

By this meansl the gate is easily opened,aud as it is lifted from theground while being opened, snowdrifts, side-hills, &c., will not be intheway of opening the gate.

I am aware 'that parallel vibratorystaudards have been used for openinggates. This lI donot claim;- but `that which distinguishes my linventionfrom others, and for which I desire to secure LettersPatent, 1s

The special arrangement of the vibrator-y standards B and O, attached toeach side ofthe gate, at the top,

whereas the lower ends are pivoted near the groundv independently of thefence or posts, iu combination with thefcounterbalanoe'D, substantiallyasv and for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses: JAMES BAUGHMAN.

B.W. BIXLER, 'WILLIAM BOONE.

